IT'S YOUR LIFE: COUNSELING FOR CHANGE
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Anne Maiden Brown, PhD      510-549-2130
Has your lifepath become a stony road? Have you stumbled on your journey? You can find innate wisdom within. My place as a guide supports your discovery so that you can connect with the energies of value and purpose, perhaps for the first time....  Click for Details

PSYCHOTHERAPY
Zoé Newman, MFT    (510) 527-9061
I offer a compassionate, safe space in which you can explore difficult issues, connect with inner resources, learn to support yourself with self-acceptance, and move forward in your life. I draw on years of experience and a broad background including EMDR, hypnotherapy, dreamwork...  Click for Details

TRANSPERSONAL THERAPY
Roberta Godbe-Tipp, PhD, LCSW   (415) 485-5607
Has your life felt overwhelming even though you're meditating and engaged in spiritual practice? Are you having difficulty sleeping at night and feeling challenged with memories that won't go away. Maybe you are at a crossroads in your relationship, work, or life direction....  Click for Details

REICHIAN THERAPY
Michele T. Newmark, MS, DD, ACS    Come alive to your sexuality & joy of life...
Reichian therapy is a non-verbal "breathing" therapy. Whereas "talk" is a great way to avoid what you're feeling, there is no way to avoid your feelings while lying there breathing in a Reichian session. Over time, chronically stiff and hard muscles that are blocking sensation and energy flow will soften...
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RELATIONSHIP THERAPY: COUPLES, FAMILIES & GROUPS
Judye Hess, PhD (PSY5553)    Berkeley    (510) 843-5683
Difficult times in relationships can often be gifts in that they open the door to a deeper exploration of ourselves and those closest to us. Seen in this light, therapy can be a step towards mutual evolution, rather than just a problem-solving endeavor....  Click for Details

DEPTH PSYCHOTHERAPY: INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES & GROUPS
Joan A. Monheit, LCSW        (510) 845-1557
Whether you are considering therapy for a current life crisis or for a long-standing concern, depth psychotherapy can help you understand and change old patterns and beliefs that get in your way of living fully. Because our wounds, our vulnerabilities, are shaped by early relationships...  Click for Details

DOWN TO EARTH COUNSELING WITH A BUDDHIST PERSPECTIVE
Diana Lynch, Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Berkeley   (510) 843-5535
Life transitions, clarifying your direction, the challenge of ageing:
My down-to-earth counseling style is based on a many-faceted professional background as a social worker and psychotherapist over the last 35 years, as well as a potpourri of...  Click for Details

BODY / MIND TRANSFORMATION
Surja Jessup, MS, CHT     510-848-7519
Body/Mind Transformation allows you to become an active participant in your own healing journey by combining Hypnotherapy, Holistic Counseling, and Acupressure body-work. This process relaxes and de-stresses the body, and re-directs the subconscious mind away from defeat toward...  Click for Details

DOORWAYS TO SOULWORK
Anna Billings, LMFT   Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist   510-524-0833
The need for soulwork---therapy that addresses the unique unfoldment of each individual---often accompanies relationship conflicts, separations, loss, job changes, trauma, relocation, mid-life and other life transitions....  Click for Details

RELEASING ADDICTION
Kiki Gregoriante, CHT - Addiction Specialist & Hypnotherapist
Frustrated? Feeling hopeless? Smoking, drug/alcohol abuse, overeating, overspending... these destructive behaviors plague millions of us. Breaking loose from addiction's grip is only the beginning, and I can help. I am a life coach who draws on a diverse background and years of experience....  Click for Details

VISIONARY RE- MOTHERING: AMAE THERAPY FOR UNDERMOTHERED WOMEN
Soonja Kim, LCSW, Licensed Psychotherapist #10157   (510) 666-0207
For an undermothered woman, it can be such a wonderful, nourishing experience to have your emotionality, sensitivity, and spirituality embraced and attended to by an attuned mothering figure. Through sweet re-mothering , I help you to release your mother-daughter wounds...  Click for Details

INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES, FAMILIES
Deborah L. Blackburn, MA, MFT     (510) 482-8300
Tired of relationships that don't work out? Like to change those self-defeating behaviors that keep you stuck? Need to reduce stress in your life?
We all have times in our lives when we need help resolving difficult problems....  Click for Details

AWAKEN!  RELEASE!  CREATE!  EMPOWER YOUR LIFE!
Dr. Lisa Cooney, MFT   CEO of Life Empowerment Institute   (415) 307-5922
Whatever area of your life you are having difficulty in, whether relational, financial, spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, psychic or energetic, my trans-disciplinary approach to healing provides you the opportunity to Awaken, Release and Create the Life of Your Dreams....  Click for Details

PSYCHOTHERAPY for INDIVIDUALS & COUPLES
Celia Rosebury Lighthill, MFT   415/239-1315
TALK TO ME. I will respond with deep listening, acceptance, and 20+ years of experience with people and their bumpy lives. I provide a safe place to explore your feelings, thoughts and memories, to focus on what's getting in the way of the satisfying life you want to lead....   Click for Details

HEALTHY RELATING: ONGOING WOMEN'S GROUPS &
THERAPY BY APPOINTMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS & COUPLES
Cathy Diamond, MFT (Lic#MFC30727)        (510) 287-9370
Are you wondering why relationship patterns come up repeatedly that leave you feeling hurt, angry, alone and confused? Joining a supportive group can help you...  Click for Details

TRANSFORMATIONAL HEALING
Haruko Emoto, PhD, CCHT (510) 841-5639  Berkeley
Your healing journey can be a transformational, joyful, and magical process. In a safe and confidential space, Haruko facilitates: • Spiritual growth unfolding • Finding solutions when nothing seems to be working • Trauma release/Inner child work • Dream work - Hypnotherapy...  Click for Details

EMOTIONAL RENEWAL
REICHIAN BREATHWORK ~Fluid Wisdom
Christine Waddell   510 595-5512
What's in the way of the life your soul craves? Unresolved issues go beyond thinking, living as stagnate energy in the body, creating behavior out of sync with who you are. This painful cycle can be stopped with exploration and release in the emotional body, freeing up vitality and inner knowing.... Click for Details

GLORIA WILCOX, CHANGEMAKER,
Specializes in Helping You Release Patterns that Keep You Stuck   (415) 479-HOPE (4673)
Gloria goes to the Heart of the Matter, achieving fast results for you to gain more prosperity and to fulfill your life purpose and goals. She's famous for her ability to identify clients' life work plus immediately cut through the root cause of patterns and release them....   Click for Details

MULTI CULTURAL COUPLE COUNSELING
With Rabea Chaudhary & Rulik Perla
Have you ever wondered which planet your partner came from?
Such thoughts can occur in any relationship; however, multi-cultural couples are far more vulnerable to the negative feelings that accompany them. Rabea and Rulik combine a wealth of life experiences...
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LIFEMATREX   Going to the Next Level
Women's Transformation Process Groups  • Personal Development Counseling
With Ruth Boerger      415-383-3756 / 415-752-7251
Join a small group of compassionate, engaged, and vibrant women and process issues such as:
 • How do I seem to make things happen over and over when I don't like the result?...  Click for Details

CORE INTEGRATION
Cynthia Moore, MA, CCHT  Berkeley office  (510) 869-5252
 • Discover powerful inner resources  • Release self-defeating patterns
 • Break habits (smoking, weight)  • Access inner guidance  • Connect to life purpose
Using creative visualization techniques to access transformational states...  Click for Details

TRANSFORMATIONAL TOUCH HYPNOTHERAPY & HYPNOMASSAGE
Cathy Dana, MS, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (510) 523-7853
Tired of wracking your brain on nagging problems that you just can't resolve? What if you could relax and let the unconscious mind find solutions for you? If that sounds too easy, you may be in for a nice surprise....  Click for Details

GETTING OUT OF SHAME & BLAME
Phebe Fletcher, Marriage & Family Therapy Intern
Offices in Lafayette with ADD Coaching in Albany & by phone
Do you feel unworthy and inadequate, or disconnected and unmotivated? Are you self-attacking, other-attacking, withdrawn, or avoidant? If some of this fits, you may be prone to shame.
If you are shame-prone, you are already good at looking at yourself negatively...  Click for Details

THE WORK OF BYRON KATIE
Zoé Newman, MFT   510-527-9061
The Work of Byron Katie is a simple, powerful, and effective way to become unstuck and undo blocks that keep you from moving toward your goals and life dreams. Bringing deep inquiry to stressful stories and limiting beliefs, it can bring greater freeness and joy to your life, work and relationships... Click for Details

FEEL STUCK?  RELATIONSHIPS & CO-DEPENDENCE ISSUES
CULTURAL & RACIAL SENSITIVITY/EXPERIENCE • NURTURING YOUR REAL SELF
TREATING ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER
Sue Roberts, MSW, LCSW   (510) 524-2540   SF & Berkeley Offices
Feel stuck? I can offer you professional assistance during difficult times. I'm a good listener. I really care. I've been a therapist 30 years in Berkeley and San Francisco....  Click for Details

ACTUALIZING HYPNOTHERAPY
Michael C. Pollack, PhD, CCHT   (415) 566-1531    San Francisco
ALLOW Your Dreams to Become Your REALITY!
Break the chains that hold you back! Accelerate your GROWTH and replace your old, negative emotional patterns or "tapes" with new, positive ones....  Click for Details

TRANSFORMATIVE ART PSYCHOTHERAPY
Tara Cronin, MFT, ATR-BC   415-820-1471
Art therapy is a creative and non-threatening manner to find meaning. The emphasis is generally not on how the final art product looks, but on what we can learn from the images that were created. No art experience is necessary. Materials used include oil pastels, collage materials...   Click for Details

THE SOUL OF EATING
A Path to True Nourishment    415-258-9066
Premsiri Lewin, MFT, SEP   Individuals, Couples & Groups - Offices in San Rafael & Berkeley
The Soul of Eating is about transforming your emotional eating into true nourishment. I am a licensed psychotherapist (MFC31565) in private practice with decades specializing in emotional eating. I have helped many people find the wisdom buried in the wound that is momentarily...   Click for Details

ARE YOU AN ACMI?
Eva Brown, LCSW    Oakland    (510) 635-5063
"Adult Children of the Mentally Ill" often have patterns of behavior (distrust of emotion; inordinate need for control, structure and security; playing caretaker in relationships) which result from the painful experience of growing up with an emotionally disturbed parent...  Click for Details

Feeling Stuck?  Is Your Life Out of Control?  I Can Help You Get Unstuck!
Do you feel stuck? Are you puzzled why you keep repeating the same destructive patterns? And getting nowhere in a downward spiral? I'd like to help you in these difficult times. I know it can be very stressful and painful. You may be living life in extremes. Fear of what to do next may be paralyzing. Your frustrations, sadness and anger may need expressing.... Click for Details

BUDDHIST-FRIENDLY APPROACH TO RELATIONSHIP COUNSELING
John Amodeo, PhD, MFT (#MFC14453)  Individuals/Couples
San Francisco, San Rafael, Sebastopol   (415) 482-9702; (707) 829-8948
Collaboratively, we address relationship concerns and issues close to your heart. Bringing gentle mindfulness to your feelings and body allows compassion for yourself and others to flourish. With warmth and sometimes gentle humor, we'll explore: repairing damaged trust...  Click for Details

THRIVE WITH ADULT ADHD
Cristine Pollock MA, CPCC, ACC   415-461-3318
Are you restless and easily distracted, or have difficulty sustaining attention and focus? Are you energetic, creative... an out-of-the-box thinker? Do you have difficulties with time management, organization and planning? You may have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)....
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THE HEART OF THERAPY Uncovering the truth of your radiant heart
Beth Apfelbaum, MFT (License # MFC 43095)  (415) 863-2222
Would you like a larger field of possibility and choice?
Through our work together, you can enjoy:  • Relief from negative thoughts and feelings
 • Ease and comfort in illuminating and integrating your "shadow" parts...   Click for Details

FREE THE LIGHT WITHIN
Ana Maria Sanchez, MS   Licensed Heal Your Life Teacher & Workshop Facilitator  (650) 804-9816
As a Spiritual Guidance Counselor and Reiki Master, it is my desire and commitment to help others release the energy blockages within their psychological, physical and spiritual being. I use a heart-centered approach to assist individuals to awaken to their highest potential...  Click for Details

WHAT TO DO?
John H. Brownson, MFT   (510) 428-9660
You're reading this because you realize that something in your life isn't working. That's a good start. I help people decide what to do when what they're doing doesn't work any more. Whether it's your job, your relationship, a life transition or something harmful that you've been doing...   Click for Details